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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit |
Appellate Procedure Guide |
December 2024 |
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To apply for admission, complete the application for admission, including signing the oath before a public notary and having a bar member sign the motion for admission. The application can be mailed to the clerk with the requisite fee, made payable to the court of appeals clerk. The application can also be submitted online with payment by credit card after the attorney seeking admission to the court has successfully registered for a Fourth Circuit Pacer account.Attorneys who wish to file documents with the court must register for a Pacer account. See Register for eFiling. If counsel is already a member of the court's bar, the account will be activated with full filing privileges. If counsel is not a member of the court's bar, their account will be activated to allow for submission of their bar application. Once their bar application is processed, filing privileges will be activated.Users must have an upgraded PACER account before they can file documents with the Fourth Circuit. The same PACER account may be used at all federal courts that have implemented Next Gen CM/ECF, but each court must separately approve and register counsel's filing privileges. All filers must now have their own PACER account. Law firms and other organizations can set up a PACER Administrative Account (PAA) to manage their user accounts and have central billing for PACER access fees. See Upgrade PACER Account Instructions for additional information. The PACER Service Center notifies the Fourth Circuit that counsel has registered for filing privileges.